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The Writings of George Washington: Life of Washington - Page 168
by George Washington - 1837
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 578 pages
...for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know, that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...declaring my wants, which I am determined not to do, further than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them. If, under these disadvantages,...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 580 pages
...for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know, that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...declaring my wants, which I am determined not to do, further than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them. If, under these disadvantages,...
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The Life of George Washington

Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...consult the public good more than my own tranquillity, 1 should long ere this have put every thing on the cast of a die. So far from my having an army of...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 1

Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1840 - 354 pages
...fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...declaring my wants, which I am determined not to do, further than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them. My situation is so irksome...
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Essay on the Character and Influence of Washington in the Revolution of the ...

Guizot (M., François) - Generals - 1840 - 210 pages
...fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing my own weakness, and injuring the cause, which I am determined not to do My own situation is so irksome to me at times, that, if I did not consult...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5

1847 - 722 pages
...says, ' I know the unhappy predicament in which I stand. I know what is expected of me ; I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them. Л1!I situation is so irksome to me at times, that if I did not consult the public good more than my...
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Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed: Military Secretary of ..., Volume 1

William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 466 pages
...of a friend, if you conceal the reflections that may be cast upon my conduct. My own situation feels so irksome to me, at times, that if I did not consult...tranquillity, I should long ere this have put every thing to the cast of a die. So far from my having an army of 20,000 men, well armed, &c., I have been here...
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Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed: Military Secretary of ..., Volume 1

William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 466 pages
...accommodation of a soldier, that little is to be done, — and, which is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world, without exposing...declaring my wants, which I am determined not to do, further than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them. If, under these disadvantages,...
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An Inquiry Into the Views, Services, Principles, and Influences of ..., Volume 1

Thaddeus Allen - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...fit for the accommodation of a soldier, little is to be done ; and, what is mortifying, I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...declaring my wants, which I am determined not to do, further than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them. ' If under these disadvantages,...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5

1847 - 722 pages
...says, ' I know the unhappy predicament in which I stand. I know what is expected of me; I know that I cannot stand justified to the world without exposing...and injuring the cause by declaring my wants, which 1 am determined not to do farther than unavoidable necessity brings every man acquainted with them....
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